Maximus Planudes

Maximus Planudes
Byzantine Empire Ambassador to the Republic of Venice
In office
1295–1296
Personal details
Born1260
Nicomedia, Bithynia
(modern-day İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey)
Died1305
Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
CitizenshipByzantine Empire
OccupationMonk, scholar, anthologist, translator, mathematician, grammarian and theologian
ProfessionAmbassador

Maximus Planudes (‹See Tfd›Greek: Μάξιμος Πλανούδης, Máximos Planoúdēs; c. 1260 – c. 1305[1][a]) was a Byzantine Greek monk, scholar, anthologist, translator, mathematician, grammarian and theologian at Constantinople. Through his translations from Latin into Greek and from Greek into Latin, he brought the Greek East and the Latin West into closer contact with one another. He is now best known as a compiler of the Greek Anthology.[3]

  1. ^ Fisher 1991.
  2. ^ Douglas & Cameron 2009.
  3. ^ "Maximus Planudes (Byzantine scholar and theologian)". Britannica Encyclopedia. 21 July 1998. Retrieved 13 March 2017.


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